Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and FamilyText 2.91.80
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and Family
Text 2.91.80
व्यस्मयन्त मनुष्यास्ते स्वप्नकल्पं तदद्भुतम्।
दृष्ट्वातिथ्यं कृतं तादृग्भरतस्य महर्षिणा॥
vyasmayanta manuṣyāṣ te svapna-kalpaṁ tad adbhutam
dṛṣṭvātithyaṁ kṛtaṁ tādṛg bharatasya maha-rṣiṇā
vyasmayanta = were amazed; manuṣyāḥ = men; te = those; svapna-kalpam = dreamlike; tat adbhutam = wonderful; dṛṣṭvā = upon seeing; ātithyam = hospitality; kṛtam = provided; tādṛk = such; bharatasya = to Bharata; mahā-ṛṣiṇā = by the great sage.
Those men were amazed upon seeing such wonderful dreamlike hospitality provided by the great sage to Bharata.
The hospitality was dreamlike because it was provided effortlessly, because it was unprecedented and because it astonishied [everyone]. It was beyond verbal description.